Klitschko V Joshua £19.95

[craigjenkins05]

Did I miss a price increase on all PPV or is it just this one?
I just saw an advert for klitschko v Joshua PPV saying £19.95 I know most are £16.95? Unless I missed something

[Boxerbeetle]

Says £19.95 on the website too. Not really a surprise - Sky TV are apparently doing badly financially and getting worse every year. Boxing fans suffer, as fvcking usual.

https://my.sky.com/orderboxoffice/?DCMP=AJvWK_editorial

[Stuarty]

Typical from Sky. Not the first time they've pulled this pish! Knocking the price up a couple of quid. They should stop shafting the boxing fans and just roll out a specific channel. I'd happily pay an extra 15 a month and patch Sky Sports. The casuals who want to buy specific fights should still be given the option of PPV.

[3132DW]

Yes it's been advertised at £19.95 for few weeks now.

So they have increased the price and put on poorer undercard than Brook/Spence. Guess Wlad didn't allocate any budget if Quigg/Campbell - 3 Olympians and Taylor is the support card.

[dirk2686]

Typical from Sky. Not the first time they've pulled this pish! Knocking the price up a couple of quid. They should stop shafting the boxing fans and just roll out a specific channel. I'd happily pay an extra 15 a month and patch Sky Sports. The casuals who want to buy specific fights should still be given the option of PPV.

A boxing specific channel plainly hasn't worked with BN given their financial results. Not sure why Sky would copy a failing model.

[mickey1975]

The extra three quid will deter approximately 0 buyers.

[Stuarty]

Typical from Sky. Not the first time they've pulled this pish! Knocking the price up a couple of quid. They should stop shafting the boxing fans and just roll out a specific channel. I'd happily pay an extra 15 a month and patch Sky Sports. The casuals who want to buy specific fights should still be given the option of PPV.

A boxing specific channel plainly hasn't worked with BN given their financial results. Not sure why Sky would copy a failing model.

Just talking from a fans point of view. Personally I can take or leave the football. It fukks me off paying an extra 30 a month for Sky Sports and all the good fights are getting papped on PPV.

I don't think it would be that much of a hardship for Sky to start a new boxing channel and keep certain events on PPV for the casual element.

[dirk2686]

Typical from Sky. Not the first time they've pulled this pish! Knocking the price up a couple of quid. They should stop shafting the boxing fans and just roll out a specific channel. I'd happily pay an extra 15 a month and patch Sky Sports. The casuals who want to buy specific fights should still be given the option of PPV.

A boxing specific channel plainly hasn't worked with BN given their financial results. Not sure why Sky would copy a failing model.

Just talking from a fans point of view. Personally I can take or leave the football. It fukks me off paying an extra 30 a month for Sky Sports and all the good fights are getting papped on PPV.

I don't think it would be that much of a hardship for Sky to start a new boxing channel and keep certain events on PPV for the casual element.

But from a fans point of view football is the biggest sport going. Hence why a football-centric model plus smaller sports works. To repeat, BN has demonstrably failed as a business. Boxing is just too reliant on casual supporters.

[Stuarty]

A boxing specific channel plainly hasn't worked with BN given their financial results. Not sure why Sky would copy a failing model.

Just talking from a fans point of view. Personally I can take or leave the football. It fukks me off paying an extra 30 a month for Sky Sports and all the good fights are getting papped on PPV.

I don't think it would be that much of a hardship for Sky to start a new boxing channel and keep certain events on PPV for the casual element.

But from a fans point of view football is the biggest sport going. Hence why a football-centric model plus smaller sports works. To repeat, BN has demonstrably failed as a business. Boxing is just too reliant on casual supporters.

I'm not disagreeing. It's just a pain in the pisser and there must be something that can be done. It's not just down to tv either. The sport as a whole. Mismatches, governing bodies etc...

[Boxerbeetle]

Typical from Sky. Not the first time they've pulled this pish! Knocking the price up a couple of quid. They should stop shafting the boxing fans and just roll out a specific channel. I'd happily pay an extra 15 a month and patch Sky Sports. The casuals who want to buy specific fights should still be given the option of PPV.

A boxing specific channel plainly hasn't worked with BN given their financial results. Not sure why Sky would copy a failing model.

Just talking from a fans point of view. Personally I can take or leave the football. It fukks me off paying an extra 30 a month for Sky Sports and all the good fights are getting papped on PPV.

I don't think it would be that much of a hardship for Sky to start a new boxing channel and keep certain events on PPV for the casual element.

I cancelled Sky Sports nearly a year ago and don't miss it at all. I get my football fix from supporting my local team where I have a season ticket, and the Premier League is just massively overhyped and nowhere near as good as it used to be.

Like you say, Sky put all their big fights on PPV anyway so I order those separately if I really fancy them. Can also always get a Now TV weekend pass for a fiver if there's a non-PPV fight on Sky Sports which you want to watch.

[Stuarty]

A boxing specific channel plainly hasn't worked with BN given their financial results. Not sure why Sky would copy a failing model.

Just talking from a fans point of view. Personally I can take or leave the football. It fukks me off paying an extra 30 a month for Sky Sports and all the good fights are getting papped on PPV.

I don't think it would be that much of a hardship for Sky to start a new boxing channel and keep certain events on PPV for the casual element.

I cancelled Sky Sports nearly a year ago and don't miss it at all. I get my football fix from supporting my local team where I have a season ticket, and the Premier League is just massively overhyped and nowhere near as good as it used to be.

Like you say, Sky put all their big fights on PPV anyway so I order those separately if I really fancy them. Can also always get a Now TV weekend pass for a fiver if there's a non-PPV fight on Sky Sports which you want to watch.

I've been saying I'm going to do the now tv thing for ages and have never got round to it!

[sgtcecil]

Save £19.95, go on facebook on the night of the fight - guarantee that there will be pages/profiles streaming the fight on there!

[banjo]

It's 20 quid.

[dalcumly]

It's supply and demand. They could quite easily have charged £25 and they would not have lost any potential buys . It's the way TV is going, that's why BT and ITV are looking very closely at the whole thing. All those companies need is a new 'superstar' and the PPV will kick-in.
I can't wait until the whole system collapses. Live streaming may well be the death knell, but whenever, through desperation, they suddenly charge a PPV for a huge football match, we'll all know the end is in sight. The company (Sky) who take the leap and charge PPV for that match , will crumble and burn virtually overnight.

[dirk2686]

It's supply and demand. They could quite easily have charged £25 and they would not have lost any potential buys . It's the way TV is going, that's why BT and ITV are looking very closely at the whole thing. All those companies need is a new 'superstar' and the PPV will kick-in.
I can't wait until the whole system collapses. Live streaming may well be the death knell, but whenever, through desperation, they suddenly charge a PPV for a huge football match, we'll all know the end is in sight. The company (Sky) who take the leap and charge PPV for that match , will crumble and burn virtually overnight.

As streaming technology gets better something will have to change, but that could just as easily be technology designed at blocking it. For the sake of a few quid I prefer the reassurance of having it on tv than trying to find a stream to watch.

[ashedward]

The extra three quid will deter approximately 0 buyers.

Yep that's why they have done it hopefully the Brook fight is at the regular price.

[darkstar81]

I've decided against buying Sky PPVs. I'll watch a dodgy stream or listen to radio then just watch it on Sky HD later in the week.

[darkstar81]

It's supply and demand. They could quite easily have charged £25 and they would not have lost any potential buys . It's the way TV is going, that's why BT and ITV are looking very closely at the whole thing. All those companies need is a new 'superstar' and the PPV will kick-in.
I can't wait until the whole system collapses. Live streaming may well be the death knell, but whenever, through desperation, they suddenly charge a PPV for a huge football match, we'll all know the end is in sight. The company (Sky) who take the leap and charge PPV for that match , will crumble and burn virtually overnight.

I believe boxing & UFC are the only sports to have PPV and that's due to the abstract nature of how fights are made. I can't see any other sport with a routine structure going PPV. I hope you are right though if it happens and there is universal rejection of it.

[boxingknockout]

The extra three quid will deter approximately 0 buyers.

And that's the truth of it.....

[mickey1975]

It's supply and demand. They could quite easily have charged £25 and they would not have lost any potential buys . It's the way TV is going, that's why BT and ITV are looking very closely at the whole thing. All those companies need is a new 'superstar' and the PPV will kick-in.
I can't wait until the whole system collapses. Live streaming may well be the death knell, but whenever, through desperation, they suddenly charge a PPV for a huge football match, we'll all know the end is in sight. The company (Sky) who take the leap and charge PPV for that match , will crumble and burn virtually overnight.

I believe boxing & UFC are the only sports to have PPV and that's due to the abstract nature of how fights are made. I can't see any other sport with a routine structure going PPV. I hope you are right though if it happens and there is universal rejection of it.

WWE. And it's very successful.

[tony1234]

It's supply and demand. They could quite easily have charged £25 and they would not have lost any potential buys . It's the way TV is going, that's why BT and ITV are looking very closely at the whole thing. All those companies need is a new 'superstar' and the PPV will kick-in.
I can't wait until the whole system collapses. Live streaming may well be the death knell, but whenever, through desperation, they suddenly charge a PPV for a huge football match, we'll all know the end is in sight. The company (Sky) who take the leap and charge PPV for that match , will crumble and burn virtually overnight.

I believe boxing & UFC are the only sports to have PPV and that's due to the abstract nature of how fights are made. I can't see any other sport with a routine structure going PPV. I hope you are right though if it happens and there is universal rejection of it.

WWE. And it's very successful.

Not anymore, WWE Network all PPV's plus whole archive for £9.99 a month

[Ossyrules]

Bit disappointing but shamefully I'll still buy it. Hope the brook fight and future PPV is back to normal price

[Boxerbeetle]

I'm only buying it because some mates are coming over to watch with a few beers and a takeaway. If they weren't interested I'd probably just listen on 5 Live.

[Oiky]

Don't see the major issue tbh. yeah its a bit much perhaps for what it is but theres loads of ways to see it, go to a pub, go halves or chip in with how ever many you are watching it with, or just follow it on the radio or on here.

No one is being forced to pay to watch it. Personally I don't think 20quid is going to set anybody back too much is it really , whether the card is worth that or not is up to each individual to decide but no ones being held at ransom to buy the event

[darkstar81]

I believe boxing & UFC are the only sports to have PPV and that's due to the abstract nature of how fights are made. I can't see any other sport with a routine structure going PPV. I hope you are right though if it happens and there is universal rejection of it.

WWE. And it's very successful.

Not anymore, WWE Network all PPV's plus whole archive for £9.99 a month

I deliberately omitted WWE, I was talking about sports